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U3 A Volume 11 Number 17 The Official Student Newspaper of Utah Technical College at Provo'Orem, P.O. Box 1609, Provo, Utah 84603 Friday, February 3, 1984 ,. 1 i... -J . - V Legislators Answer Some UTC Prayers UTC's President J. Marvin Higbee said UTech in OremProvo and Salt Lake City will receive the highest percentage increase in total appropriations of all higher education institutions in the state from the current legislative session. "We're grateful to the Board of Regents and the Legislature for that, but we've still got an awfully long way to go before we catch up with our peer institutions." Higbee said college officials plan to soon bring city, county and state officials to the school so they can personally assess UTech's need for more funding. But he said this wasn't nearly enough. He felt, the Utah Legislature's reluctance to ratify Gov. Scott M. Matheson's proposed $148 million educational package sends a very serious message to educators in Utah. Higbee said Republican legislators' compromise figure of $92.5 million in funding falls way short of public and higher education needs. UTech officials had requested a $3.5 million increase in funding this year, most of which was slated to increase salaries. "The tax increase is not enough to do the job. Our share won't be enough," said Higbee. "Unfortunately, the Legislature hasn't taken this opportunity to address a very critical issue in such a way that Cast Announced In School Play By D. J. Zale The Utah Technical College Drama Department presents "Curions Savage", a comedy by John Patrick. The story centers around a capricious woman, Mrs. Ethel Savage, who is committed to a private sanitarium by her three, haughty stepchildren. They feel that Ethel is ruining the family fortune by selling the stocks and bonds left to her by her late husband. Within the institution, Ethel finds that her fellow inmates are more sane than her stepchildren. The manner in which she retains her fortune makes this a warm, moving and whimsical comedy. Calendar Of Events Feb. 6 - February 25 1 February 6 Family Night Movie Pool Tournament February 6-10 International Week February 7 Brown Bag Forum UTC Winter Olympics February 9 Western Dance Thursday Night Videos Ski Meet-Sundance February 9-11 Jackson Hole Ski Trip February 10 Basketball - Snow at UTC February 13-17 Arm Wrestling Tournament February 14 Sweetheart Dance Blood Drive February 15 Mini-Golf Tourney February 16 Basketball-UTC at USU JV February 17 Basketball - UTC at BYU JV February 18 Basketball - UTC at Treasure Valley C.C. February 20 Presidents Day - No School February 23 Thursday Night Videos February 24 Basketball - UTC at CNCC February 25 Basketball - UTC at CEU it would help solve the problem. "I think the real issue is that the Legislature feels that the public is not willing to foot . higher taxes.4f that, in fact, is what the public wants, then we'll just have to respond the best we can," said Higbee. By not approving Matheson's total package, Higbee said, educators can't help but feel slighted by the Legislature. "If the Legislature is acting in behalf of the public, then the public is saying (to educators), 'You're doing a job that's not worth what we're paying you now," said Higbee. "We've missed a chance to do something about education, and I feel badly about it." "We'll try to use the majority of it for salaries and to increase the number of students this fall by at least a few," said Higbee. UTech turned away approximately 1,000 students last fall, and Higbee said that number could double this fall because of financial shortfalls. In addition, he said waiting lists - some with as many as 500 students will also continue to grow. "By 1995, Utah will produce 50 percent more high school graduates compared to a 20 percent decline nationwide," said Higbee. "Our schools are forced to use obsolete equipment and facilities, while instructors are faced with financial difficulties because of low salaries. "Curious Savage" will be directed by Brigham Young University graduate, Mike Lewis, and produced by George Tanner. The play is scheduled for March 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17 and 19, at the Orem Trades Building Shop. Cast selections were made on January 30. The members of the cast include: Sheila LaLonde, Steve Nixon, Melodee Rosendahl, Brent Matthews, Sara Olds, Jeff Counts, Trevor Woolf, Julie Ann Steadham, Wendy Martines, Peggy Whitlock and Dave Bahr. Sherrie Jordan was chosen as Assistant Director. sT 1 The Capitol Building looks calm and peaceful at night, but during the last three weeks, hectic activities concerning budgets for Utah's school system have been formulating and passing, photo by Brian Nutter. chools Get Half Of Requests The Legislature, while not so generous as to give higher education officials every dollar they asked for, allowed them to spend their money where they pleased and that meant higher salaries for faculty and staff at Utah's nine colleges and universities. "They wanted to save their faculty. We hope this a downpayment on that," said the co-chairman of the Higher Education Appropriation Subcommittee, LaMont Richards, R-Salt Lake. The governor and the State Board of Regents sought $41 million in new funds for higher education. The Legislature gave them $23.1 million bringing the total spending plan for higher education to more than $299 million. With only slightly more than half of what they requested in new appropriations, the regents decided to forget about improving programs or Dinner-Dance For Valentines Looking for something "special" to do for that "special" person on that "special" night? Forget it, and do something memorable instead. ASUTC is presenting an elegant Sweetheart Dinner-Dance on Valentines Day. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. in "The Hallows" wiLh picture taking and dancing will follow. "London Bridge" will be the feature band, and "Take a Chance" will be the theme song. Dress will be semi-formal. So bring your "Someone Special" and enjoy the night together with all the other Sweethearts. Tickets are on sale now at the Orem Student Center. Cost is $20 per couple and this price includes dinner, dance, and pictures. 8 4 i tt facilities at the schools and spend $20 million to boost morale and salaries. Average salary increases will range from 7.9 percent at the University of Utah to 23.6 percent at Southern Utah State College, a school whose average faculty salaries were lower than the average in all of Utah's 40 public school districts. In their initial proposal, the regents planned to raise salaries 6 percent across the board, then devote $17 million to competitive salary adjustments. The approved budget calls for the same 6 percent increase in base salary for faculty and staff, which will cost nearly $14.5 million. The competitive salary increases dwindled from the requested $17 million to less than one-third of the original request, $5.6 million. That money will help bring salaries at Utah institutions up to a level that compares more favorably with similar schools around the country. While the varied raises aim toward bringing Utah salaries in line with national salaries, they are not an attempt to smooth out salary discrepancies Higher Education Fares Well By Margaret Woodis For three weeks the legislature has put their usual budget squabbles behind them and worked together for common goals. This year, higher education leaders capitalized on the attention directed to public education reforms and formed a partnership with public school leaders. As the legislative budget session ended Saturday, public and higher education leaders looked as if they had returned from two different meetings. College and university presidents appeared to have just received their long awaited funds, while school superintendents looked deprived. Actually, neither public nor 1 ! & ' 14 1 1 sjr- within the state. Sen. Ivan Matheson, R-Cedar City, critical about salary inequities within the state, tried unsuccessfully to set aside $18 million of the higher education budget for equity increases to solve that problem. Salaries at Southern Utah State College in Matheson's Cedar City district have not kept pace with salaries at the larger universities even when the subjects taught are the same, SUSC President Gerald Sherratt had said. Although the regents and Legislature favored spending nearly all the new money for higher education on salaries, they did respond to increasing enrollment pressures. Approximately $4.7 million in new money, including funds from increased tuition rates, will cover the costs of adding 2,461 new students. The new money for enrollment increase covers only a portion of the cost of adding students to school rolls. The regents, in response to repeated demands from legislators to improve productivity, asked the schools to carry a portion of the cost of adding new students. higher education got everything they had hoped for from the Legislature. Educators went to Capital Hill in search of a $148 million funding increase for growth and reform in public and higher education. They left with a statistical measure. The total higher education budget of $299.3 million is an 1 1 percent increase over last year. The primary difference between public and higher education budgets is in base salary increases. As well as base salary increases, professors at colleges and universities will get merit pay raises. Salary increases for higher education will be as high as 13.4 percent. For the first time, public school teachers will get pay raises next year for performance and responsibilities - It I) l! i I -J More than half of the new students are expected to enroll in vocational programs, which may mean high education officials will be back next year asking for funds to replace outdated equipment, something they could not squeeze into this year's budget. Approximately $140,000 in new money will go to the two technical schools to replace federal vocational dollars included in their general budget. Utah's other institutions do not consider their federal vocational funds part of their operating income as the technical schools do. Instead, their vocational dollars go into restricted accounts for vocational programs. The $140,000 appropriation is about one-third of the federal vocational money received by the two technical schools. Higher education officials hope to persuade the Legislature to replace the remainder in the next session. However, the governor has recommended going in the opposite direction and returning federal vocational funds to the operating budgets of all the schools. through a reform measure called career ladders. It is uncertain how local school districts will distribute $15 million to $20 million in career ladder money, but most school leaders say the highest salary increases for teachers won't equal higher education's high of 13.4 percent. The Legislature funded $8 million-40 percent-of the reform proposals recommended for higher education. Of the $50.4 million in reform proposals recommended for public education, $18.8 million-37 percent-was funded. Republican legislative leaders decided to divide the new money for public and higher education on a prearranged split of 77 percent of public education and 23 percent for higher education

U3 A Volume 11 Number 17 The Official Student Newspaper of Utah Technical College at Provo'Orem, P.O. Box 1609, Provo, Utah 84603 Friday, February 3, 1984 ,. 1 i... -J . - V Legislators Answer Some UTC Prayers UTC's President J. Marvin Higbee said UTech in OremProvo and Salt Lake City will receive the highest percentage increase in total appropriations of all higher education institutions in the state from the current legislative session. "We're grateful to the Board of Regents and the Legislature for that, but we've still got an awfully long way to go before we catch up with our peer institutions." Higbee said college officials plan to soon bring city, county and state officials to the school so they can personally assess UTech's need for more funding. But he said this wasn't nearly enough. He felt, the Utah Legislature's reluctance to ratify Gov. Scott M. Matheson's proposed $148 million educational package sends a very serious message to educators in Utah. Higbee said Republican legislators' compromise figure of $92.5 million in funding falls way short of public and higher education needs. UTech officials had requested a $3.5 million increase in funding this year, most of which was slated to increase salaries. "The tax increase is not enough to do the job. Our share won't be enough," said Higbee. "Unfortunately, the Legislature hasn't taken this opportunity to address a very critical issue in such a way that Cast Announced In School Play By D. J. Zale The Utah Technical College Drama Department presents "Curions Savage", a comedy by John Patrick. The story centers around a capricious woman, Mrs. Ethel Savage, who is committed to a private sanitarium by her three, haughty stepchildren. They feel that Ethel is ruining the family fortune by selling the stocks and bonds left to her by her late husband. Within the institution, Ethel finds that her fellow inmates are more sane than her stepchildren. The manner in which she retains her fortune makes this a warm, moving and whimsical comedy. Calendar Of Events Feb. 6 - February 25 1 February 6 Family Night Movie Pool Tournament February 6-10 International Week February 7 Brown Bag Forum UTC Winter Olympics February 9 Western Dance Thursday Night Videos Ski Meet-Sundance February 9-11 Jackson Hole Ski Trip February 10 Basketball - Snow at UTC February 13-17 Arm Wrestling Tournament February 14 Sweetheart Dance Blood Drive February 15 Mini-Golf Tourney February 16 Basketball-UTC at USU JV February 17 Basketball - UTC at BYU JV February 18 Basketball - UTC at Treasure Valley C.C. February 20 Presidents Day - No School February 23 Thursday Night Videos February 24 Basketball - UTC at CNCC February 25 Basketball - UTC at CEU it would help solve the problem. "I think the real issue is that the Legislature feels that the public is not willing to foot . higher taxes.4f that, in fact, is what the public wants, then we'll just have to respond the best we can," said Higbee. By not approving Matheson's total package, Higbee said, educators can't help but feel slighted by the Legislature. "If the Legislature is acting in behalf of the public, then the public is saying (to educators), 'You're doing a job that's not worth what we're paying you now," said Higbee. "We've missed a chance to do something about education, and I feel badly about it." "We'll try to use the majority of it for salaries and to increase the number of students this fall by at least a few," said Higbee. UTech turned away approximately 1,000 students last fall, and Higbee said that number could double this fall because of financial shortfalls. In addition, he said waiting lists - some with as many as 500 students will also continue to grow. "By 1995, Utah will produce 50 percent more high school graduates compared to a 20 percent decline nationwide," said Higbee. "Our schools are forced to use obsolete equipment and facilities, while instructors are faced with financial difficulties because of low salaries. "Curious Savage" will be directed by Brigham Young University graduate, Mike Lewis, and produced by George Tanner. The play is scheduled for March 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17 and 19, at the Orem Trades Building Shop. Cast selections were made on January 30. The members of the cast include: Sheila LaLonde, Steve Nixon, Melodee Rosendahl, Brent Matthews, Sara Olds, Jeff Counts, Trevor Woolf, Julie Ann Steadham, Wendy Martines, Peggy Whitlock and Dave Bahr. Sherrie Jordan was chosen as Assistant Director. sT 1 The Capitol Building looks calm and peaceful at night, but during the last three weeks, hectic activities concerning budgets for Utah's school system have been formulating and passing, photo by Brian Nutter. chools Get Half Of Requests The Legislature, while not so generous as to give higher education officials every dollar they asked for, allowed them to spend their money where they pleased and that meant higher salaries for faculty and staff at Utah's nine colleges and universities. "They wanted to save their faculty. We hope this a downpayment on that," said the co-chairman of the Higher Education Appropriation Subcommittee, LaMont Richards, R-Salt Lake. The governor and the State Board of Regents sought $41 million in new funds for higher education. The Legislature gave them $23.1 million bringing the total spending plan for higher education to more than $299 million. With only slightly more than half of what they requested in new appropriations, the regents decided to forget about improving programs or Dinner-Dance For Valentines Looking for something "special" to do for that "special" person on that "special" night? Forget it, and do something memorable instead. ASUTC is presenting an elegant Sweetheart Dinner-Dance on Valentines Day. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. in "The Hallows" wiLh picture taking and dancing will follow. "London Bridge" will be the feature band, and "Take a Chance" will be the theme song. Dress will be semi-formal. So bring your "Someone Special" and enjoy the night together with all the other Sweethearts. Tickets are on sale now at the Orem Student Center. Cost is $20 per couple and this price includes dinner, dance, and pictures. 8 4 i tt facilities at the schools and spend $20 million to boost morale and salaries. Average salary increases will range from 7.9 percent at the University of Utah to 23.6 percent at Southern Utah State College, a school whose average faculty salaries were lower than the average in all of Utah's 40 public school districts. In their initial proposal, the regents planned to raise salaries 6 percent across the board, then devote $17 million to competitive salary adjustments. The approved budget calls for the same 6 percent increase in base salary for faculty and staff, which will cost nearly $14.5 million. The competitive salary increases dwindled from the requested $17 million to less than one-third of the original request, $5.6 million. That money will help bring salaries at Utah institutions up to a level that compares more favorably with similar schools around the country. While the varied raises aim toward bringing Utah salaries in line with national salaries, they are not an attempt to smooth out salary discrepancies Higher Education Fares Well By Margaret Woodis For three weeks the legislature has put their usual budget squabbles behind them and worked together for common goals. This year, higher education leaders capitalized on the attention directed to public education reforms and formed a partnership with public school leaders. As the legislative budget session ended Saturday, public and higher education leaders looked as if they had returned from two different meetings. College and university presidents appeared to have just received their long awaited funds, while school superintendents looked deprived. Actually, neither public nor 1 ! & ' 14 1 1 sjr- within the state. Sen. Ivan Matheson, R-Cedar City, critical about salary inequities within the state, tried unsuccessfully to set aside $18 million of the higher education budget for equity increases to solve that problem. Salaries at Southern Utah State College in Matheson's Cedar City district have not kept pace with salaries at the larger universities even when the subjects taught are the same, SUSC President Gerald Sherratt had said. Although the regents and Legislature favored spending nearly all the new money for higher education on salaries, they did respond to increasing enrollment pressures. Approximately $4.7 million in new money, including funds from increased tuition rates, will cover the costs of adding 2,461 new students. The new money for enrollment increase covers only a portion of the cost of adding students to school rolls. The regents, in response to repeated demands from legislators to improve productivity, asked the schools to carry a portion of the cost of adding new students. higher education got everything they had hoped for from the Legislature. Educators went to Capital Hill in search of a $148 million funding increase for growth and reform in public and higher education. They left with a statistical measure. The total higher education budget of $299.3 million is an 1 1 percent increase over last year. The primary difference between public and higher education budgets is in base salary increases. As well as base salary increases, professors at colleges and universities will get merit pay raises. Salary increases for higher education will be as high as 13.4 percent. For the first time, public school teachers will get pay raises next year for performance and responsibilities - It I) l! i I -J More than half of the new students are expected to enroll in vocational programs, which may mean high education officials will be back next year asking for funds to replace outdated equipment, something they could not squeeze into this year's budget. Approximately $140,000 in new money will go to the two technical schools to replace federal vocational dollars included in their general budget. Utah's other institutions do not consider their federal vocational funds part of their operating income as the technical schools do. Instead, their vocational dollars go into restricted accounts for vocational programs. The $140,000 appropriation is about one-third of the federal vocational money received by the two technical schools. Higher education officials hope to persuade the Legislature to replace the remainder in the next session. However, the governor has recommended going in the opposite direction and returning federal vocational funds to the operating budgets of all the schools. through a reform measure called career ladders. It is uncertain how local school districts will distribute $15 million to $20 million in career ladder money, but most school leaders say the highest salary increases for teachers won't equal higher education's high of 13.4 percent. The Legislature funded $8 million-40 percent-of the reform proposals recommended for higher education. Of the $50.4 million in reform proposals recommended for public education, $18.8 million-37 percent-was funded. Republican legislative leaders decided to divide the new money for public and higher education on a prearranged split of 77 percent of public education and 23 percent for higher education